"You deserve mob justice too": discursive justifications of mob (in)justice on social media in Africa

This paper explores how social media discourses justify mob justice to fuel its perpetration in Africa. It asks, what discursive strategies and patterns rationalise mob justice in social media discussions? It relies on 319 mob-justice-related tweets between 2018 and 2022 across seven African countri...

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Main Author: Addadzi-Koom, Maame Efua (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
In: International journal of law, crime and justice
Year: 2024, Volume: 79, Pages: 1-11
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